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3232145994917Germany apologizes for Poland for World War IIhttps://www.young-diplomats.com/germany-apologizes-for-poland-forworld-war-ii/
https://www.young-diplomats.com/germany-apologizes-for-poland-forworld-war-ii/#respondFri, 06 Sep 2019 07:00:06 +0000https://www.young-diplomats.com/?p=11535On Sunday, September 1, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier apologized to the victims of German aggression in 1939 at a ceremony in Wielun, a small Polish town where the first bombs of the Second World War fell. “I bow to the victims of the Wielun attack. I bow to the Polish victims of German tyranny. And […]

]]>https://www.young-diplomats.com/germany-apologizes-for-poland-forworld-war-ii/rss/011535Are we stuck in the Thucydide ‘s trap ?https://www.young-diplomats.com/are-we-stuck-in-the-thucydide-s-trap/
https://www.young-diplomats.com/are-we-stuck-in-the-thucydide-s-trap/#respondSun, 11 Aug 2019 07:00:33 +0000https://www.young-diplomats.com/?p=11441From 431 to 404 before Christ Era, Athens and Sparta fought a bloody war, known as the Peloponnesian War. Thucydide, an Athenian thinker and politician, wrote a book in which he tells the story of this conflict. A brief History of the Peloponnesian War The fith century before Christ Era is rich in events. Indeed, […]

]]>https://www.young-diplomats.com/are-we-stuck-in-the-thucydide-s-trap/rss/011441A Brief History of The West ‘s greatness (Part II)https://www.young-diplomats.com/a-brief-history-of-the-west-s-greatness-part-ii/
https://www.young-diplomats.com/a-brief-history-of-the-west-s-greatness-part-ii/#respondSat, 03 Aug 2019 07:00:29 +0000https://www.young-diplomats.com/?p=11354Introduction In the first part of this brief history, we broadly described the numerous victories of the West. Indeed, at the end of the nineteenth century, the West became the undisputed champion of global power competition. In spite of some loss battled in Afghanistan or in South Africa, Westerners were constantly winners. The implacable technological […]

]]>https://www.young-diplomats.com/a-brief-history-of-the-west-s-greatness-part-ii/rss/011354A Brief History of The West ‘s greatness (Part I)https://www.young-diplomats.com/a-brief-history-of-the-west-s-greatness-part-i/
https://www.young-diplomats.com/a-brief-history-of-the-west-s-greatness-part-i/#respondFri, 02 Aug 2019 07:00:47 +0000https://www.young-diplomats.com/?p=11351What is the West ? At the middle of the fifteenth century (around 1450), the West was isolated. It was surrounded by a muslim-dominated Mediterranean Sea, Anatolia and Balkan region. Navigators, massively backed by States and European Dynasties, opened the world to Europeans. This article deem The West as the Western European civilization. In other […]

]]>https://www.young-diplomats.com/a-brief-history-of-the-west-s-greatness-part-i/rss/011351From Cradle of Civilization to Rifts of Sectarianismhttps://www.young-diplomats.com/from-cradle-of-civilization-to-rifts-of-sectarianism/
https://www.young-diplomats.com/from-cradle-of-civilization-to-rifts-of-sectarianism/#respondThu, 06 Jun 2019 10:39:58 +0000http://www.young-diplomats.com/?p=10821Middle East is reputed for citadel of civilizations. It is the cradle from which various self- assertive civilizations like Egyptian, Persian, Mesopotamian, and Ottoman originated and flourished. Competition among Empires to dominate the region, and struggle among colonialist states to have control of the lion share of resources, pitted Arabs against one another on one […]

]]>https://www.young-diplomats.com/from-cradle-of-civilization-to-rifts-of-sectarianism/rss/010821Achebe’s still on the nosehttps://www.young-diplomats.com/achebe-s-still-on-the-nose/
https://www.young-diplomats.com/achebe-s-still-on-the-nose/#respondTue, 04 Jun 2019 07:00:24 +0000http://www.young-diplomats.com/?p=10945Literature indubitably is the reflection of life and its animadversion as well as paints a realistic picture of society and its institutions. Suchlike is the predicament of African novelist Chinua Achebe’s 1966 novel “Man of the People” which talks of corrupt government leaders ruling an unnamed African country who hegemonize its citizens to amass support […]

]]>https://www.young-diplomats.com/achebe-s-still-on-the-nose/rss/010945Compare and Contrast: American Revolutions VS Revolutions of 1848https://www.young-diplomats.com/compare-and-contrast-american-revolutions-vs-revolutions-of-1848/
https://www.young-diplomats.com/compare-and-contrast-american-revolutions-vs-revolutions-of-1848/#respondSat, 01 Jun 2019 07:00:33 +0000http://www.young-diplomats.com/?p=10885Two Revolutions occurred that fundamentally altered the course of the history of the West. The American Revolution and the Revolutions of 1848. But, while there are some similarities, there are many start differences that explained how they forget the modern-day mindset of Europe and the United States. One is the difference between the leaders. In […]

]]>https://www.young-diplomats.com/compare-and-contrast-american-revolutions-vs-revolutions-of-1848/rss/01088540 years ago : the Iranian Revolutionhttps://www.young-diplomats.com/40-years-ago-the-iranian-revolution/
https://www.young-diplomats.com/40-years-ago-the-iranian-revolution/#respondWed, 20 Feb 2019 07:00:22 +0000http://www.young-diplomats.com/?p=10469This month of February marks the 40th anniversary of the Iranian revolution of 1979, which overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty, whose last representative is Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Ayatollah Khomeini then took the lead in Iran and establish a theocratic republic. The year 1979 is an historic turning point in the Arab world and still jostle, […]

]]>https://www.young-diplomats.com/40-years-ago-the-iranian-revolution/rss/010469Remembering Cyrus – the Great (part II)https://www.young-diplomats.com/remembering-cyrus-the-great-part-ii/
https://www.young-diplomats.com/remembering-cyrus-the-great-part-ii/#respondThu, 31 Jan 2019 07:00:32 +0000http://www.young-diplomats.com/?p=10392Achievements of Cyrus –The Great: According to the narrator of the documentary (2014), Cyrus –The Great created and maintained an empire not only because of his military strategies but also because of his political sagacity. The narrator also adds that he was an excellent manager of human capital (The Persians: Engineering an Empire, 2014). In […]

]]>https://www.young-diplomats.com/remembering-cyrus-the-great-part-ii/rss/010392Remembering Cyrus – the Great (part I)https://www.young-diplomats.com/remembering-cyrus-the-great-part-i/
https://www.young-diplomats.com/remembering-cyrus-the-great-part-i/#respondTue, 29 Jan 2019 07:00:14 +0000http://www.young-diplomats.com/?p=10389A teacher once asked her pupils that who proposed the first charter of human rights? The students were baffled by the question and after much debate, no one could reach the right answer. She was surprised to see the level of general knowledge of her pupils. She then carried on with her lecture, of course […]